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Beijing Olympics: IOC must consider hosts’ human rights record, skier Kenworthy saysRights groups have long criticized the IOC's choice of Beijing as 2022 host, and several countries mounted diplomatic boycotts to protest China's human rights record.SportsFeb 19
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Olympics chief criticizes Kamila Valieva’s entourage, offers sympathy to Russian skaterThomas Bach said it was "chilling" to watch the 15-year-old's coach interact with the skater after she stumbled in the free skate program amidst an ongoing doping case.SportsFeb 18
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IOC may take harder line against China after tennis star goes missing: member"If that's not resolved in a sensible way very soon it may spin out of control," said IOC's longest-serving member, Dick Pound. "It may (force IOC into taking a harder line)."WorldNov 19, 2021
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Belarus officials removed from Tokyo Olympics after trying to send sprinter homeThe Belarus athletics head coach and a team official have been taken out of the athletes' village following the furore over sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya.WorldAug 6, 2021
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IOC suspends probe into Raven Saunders’ podium protest as she mourns mother’s deathThe IOC also said it is still waiting for a formal explanation as to why two Chinese gold medallists wore badges featuring Mao Zedong on the podium at the Tokyo Olympics.SportsAug 4, 2021
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Belarusian Olympian Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says punishment awaited her back homeSeveral countries offered to help Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, and Poland granted her a humanitarian visa Monday. She plans to fly to Warsaw later in the week.WorldAug 3, 2021
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IOC probing case of Belarusian sprinter, awaiting report from country’s Olympic bodyKrystsina Tsimanouskaya took refuge in the Polish embassy in Tokyo on Monday, a day after refusing her team's orders to board a flight home from the Olympic Games.WorldAug 3, 2021
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South Korea removes controversial banners from Tokyo Olympic villageSouth Korea’s Olympic committee said it took down the banners that referred to a 16th-century war between Korea and Japan after the IOC ruled they were provocative.SportsJul 17, 2021
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Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold officially punches her ticket to TokyoMandy Bujold was named to the Canadian boxing team on Wednesday, a week after she won her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland to compete at the Games.SportsJul 7, 2021
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Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold wins Olympic appeal in Court of Arbitration for SportCanadian boxer Mandy Bujold has won her appeal in Court of Arbitration for Sport against the International Olympic Committee’s qualification process for the Tokyo Olympics.SportsJun 30, 2021
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